Projects - Sloan Science & Film

The Profiteer Ian Shorr

The Profiteer is a tragicomedy set in the 1700s, about a brilliant young scientist who discovers "grid theory" and uses it to become the world's first war profiteer.

CREDITS

Writer: Ian Shorr

SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS

Engineering

AWARDS

2007, USC School of Cinematic Arts: Screenwriting Grant

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

Short Films
Feature Films

A science focused teaching framework for short and feature films, all of which have received awards from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for their depictions of scientific themes or characters.